#kon is freaking out so hard

[im-totally-not-an-alien-2]

Phantom: *Kicks down the doors of the Titans Tower*

Titans core four: *Getting ready to fight"

Phantom: Which one of you is Superboy?

Kon:

Kon: Me obviously *gesturing to the large S on his chest*

Phantom: Cool. What custody days do you want?

Kon: You're going to have to explain

Phantom: *partially unravels the bundle of blankets to reveal a baby with kryptonian blue eyes*

Phantom: Congrats! You're a dad!

Kon: Oh god the card I got in the mail wasn't a prank

Phantom: Nope. Help me name him.

Tim: I have so many questions

Phantom: I have so few answers

Cassie: Thats not comforting

Phantom: I woke up in a mad scientists laboratory 200 years in the future to find out i have a clone baby with someone I've never heard of and everyone I knew and love is likely dead.

Kon:

Cassie:

Tim:

Phantom: If anyone needs comforting here its me

Nightwing: *the only adult in this situation* Okay, how about we talk about this. I'm sure the Justice League will be happy to help you and your baby

[ahfrickenfrick]

everyone knows that the bats (mostly) aren’t powered, or invincible, but it’s hard to really get a grasp on it

with the way they all move and act in and even out of the field, it’s unnerving in a way. they all have a certain aura of otherworldly power, even the newer members

everyone of the original members of the league has had a run in with batman injured and in need of help, being the first few to earn the vulnerability and subsequently trust from the bats

when wally held dick’s limp body in his hands as he rushed him back to the base for the first time, feeling his best friends pulse stop between his arms and subsequently jostling the injuries more. he almost wasn’t fast enough, dick was out of commission for three months

or when roy was told of jason’s death, ollie had to hold the kid as he scream cried for a friend and the life his friend never got to live, even though they were just joking the other day about how nothing could touch the bats

with kon still not 100% understanding his powers, and understating tim’s calcium intake, felt the bone crush in tim’s arm underneath his touch during a training exercise. it takes years for kon to trust himself again

jon and damian fought a lot, and damian was as stubborn as jon was determined. both are young when damian tells jon to not treat him ‘fragile’ and it ends with damian in the infirmary, and jon shaking and crying, telling his father he needs to put himself into a kryptonite prison for doing so

jefferson being the leader of the outsiders and understanding that, but it still being hard to grasp with both cass and duke. both are strong, and often taken for granted, but that makes them more powerful, enhanced it enough that when they both get knocked down by the villain of the week it’s really startling

and it’s a cycle that never ends, everyone seeing the bats as godly, and then inevitably losing it and freaking out when it’s revealed that they bleed like anyone else

[oh23]

Damian detests Tim’s coffee. The espressos and the black coffees with no sugar. But it wasn’t always like that; Damian hadn’t even really had coffee before coming to the manor. And he hadn’t particularly wanted to try it after.

What happened really went something like this:

One day, on the rare occasion on which Tim and Damian found themselves in each other’s company, in the same room for more than half and hour, Tim catches Damian eyeing his (5th) cup of black coffee.

Tim had been an only child, and so being an older/younger(middle?) brother was new to him. But the same went for the kid. Tim nodded at his mug. “Take a sip,” he said.

Damian glanced at him. “No.”

“Come on,” Tim prodded. “It’s cool.”

“No, thank you Drake.” Damian’s eyes stayed glued to his book. Tim picked up the mug and waved it in front of Damian. “I know you always wonder why I have this so much. Why don’t you try it? Just a sip. Its tasty. Real tasty.” Tim lied with a slow spreading grin.

When he found Damian consider it, he added, “It’s sweet.” And Damian — bless his twelve year old heart — took the mug.

Tim watched with sick glee as the kid tentatively brought the mug up to lips and took a slow sip, and then screeched in delight when he spat it out all on himself. “Oh my god,” Tim laughed, “Oh my god!”

“What the HELL, DRAKE???” Damian shouted, with his face seizing between variations of disgust. “YOU TOLD ME IT WAS SWEET!”

“I didn’t—“ Tim was holding his stomach now. “I didn’t think you’d, you’d have such a—“ He breaks off laughing, and only speaks again when Damian kicks him hard in his shins. “Such a dramatic reaction-!”

“Dramatic??” Damian hissed, now standing and still gagging. “This is the normal response to that vile— mud— water—!”

Tim slides down the couch in another fit of giggles. “You disgrace— I can’t believe— out of all things that Alfred makes, this? Is what you choose to drown in??” Damian was still hissing angrily.

“Please-“ Tim warbles between tears. “I’m so sorry Dami—“

Damian kicks him again, and Tim barely moves to dodge it. “Kon said he made Jon take a sip, and it sounded so funny—“

“Imbecile. Idiot. Freak.” Damian hissed furiously, looking around for water.

Tim tried to take large gulps of air. “Dude, please. It’s not even that bad—“

“Not that BAD??!” Damian almost bursts another nerve yelling, when Alfred comes in. And that’s the end of that.

That day onwards, Damian makes sure to retch and gag whenever he sees Tim with a cup of coffee, or call it ‘Dirt water’ to anyone who listens.

[erinwantstowrite]

In the Halloween au (if you can answer this w/o spoiling anything) what was Tim trying to do with that handshake? 🤔

i feel like being more liberal with spoilers for the Halloween AU because it's just a oneshot series, so under the cut is the answer! however if you don't want spoilers, don't click, i'll make sure to tag this with "halloween au spoilers"

he was trying to detect magic from peter!

there's a couple reasons that they weren't alarmed that Peter was there: a demon DOES actually guard the gate to Wayne Manor... Alfred.

Gotham was not exaggerating the things they saw when they approached Wayne Manor, because the spell is set to ward off anyone that is not family and those that have ill intentions. If someone that isn't family gets close to the gate, they'll see scary shit to make them run away (i.e. zombies!!). But no one is going to take them seriously if they go back to the town and say "I saw zombies!!" If they persist to try and go over the gate, the spell will turn offensive. it'll knock you out, make you sick, give you amnesia, etc. keeps people away without hurting them too badly

however, to someone that is family (and also has no ill intentions), nothing happens. it's just a regular gate. peter was able to climb over the gate and not see anything because he's related to one of them and also isn't there to hurt them. (this would also happen for people considered family/friends, so it doesn't have to only be a blood relation)

so Peter shows up at the door and Alfred is obviously going to be surprised. In the context of knowing only family can get through the gate, it's not hard to look at Peter and think "His resemblance to Dick can not be a coincidence." Hence, Alfred invites Peter inside (in case he's a vampire). Jason still has some memory issues from before he died, and he hadn't asked about the gate spell in a minute, so he sort of forgot about it lol. Deep down, he knows. He wasn't alarmed because on some level, he knows Wayne Manor is protected.

Tim, however, only needed on look, the context, and years of Dick Grayson being his special interest to go "Oh that is SO his kid." Since he has a friend like Bart and Kon, it's not too out there for him to think "from the future or a clone"

The gate is what Damian is referring to here. He's not happy with another family member popping up, and at this point, he had heard from Tim (who had snuck out of the room) that Peter was there, and that he looks at lot like Dick. So Damian is saying "I don't like this newcomer, and I certainly do not approve that you invited him in." Mostly out of worry that Peter came here with ill intentions, which Steph picked up on. She's saying "Calm down, if he was going to hurt us, he wouldn't have gotten through anyway."

that being said, if Peter had magic, he could have gotten around the spell if he was powerful enough. But Alfred stopped him because he could tell Peter was a little freaked out, and could already tell Peter was genuinely confused what was happening here

in short: peter has no idea he's not leaving that house in the morning

[honeyplus]

Hi hello, Damian pulling a Talia-esque move with his own child is INSANE/pos. But with that devastating concept I wonder: would the child be like Damian and be able to pick out Jon in a building with hundreds of people in it- or be like Jon in the sense that he had no idea that he wasn't fully human for so long,let alone who his other bio parent is? Damian raising his kid knowing that Jon's involvement would be like his own relationship with his father, impossibly distant no matter the proximity. Damian raising his child angry at the thought of Jon treating their child like Clark did Kon,even if he's more like Lois than anyone.

Like.. Damian canonically KNOWS he's loved but he doesn't really FEEL loved by Bruce most of the time. Would he refuse the same fate extended to his child,his flesh and blood due to that gut-wrenching feeling alone? Or would he do it seeing Jon chase his father's shadow years into adulthood,knowing he would never be his father's equal but his little lanky farm boy forever and ever... Not wanting either dynamic for his beloved baby,even if it will hurt everyone around him at the betrayal.

Omg Clark and Lois not knowing they're grandparents. Clark not knowing the person he distrusts most in his son's life is his grandchild's-Jon's kid- father. Lois missing the opportunity to see another child of hers grow up,to be the grandparent her parents never were... The absolute meltdown Jon will have because Damian,his tether,his other half- didn't think HE would be a good dad for their kid even as they float after a running dog and Damian struggling to coach them through the method of flying .. My mind is plagued now thanks/pos HORRIFIC ENDING THOUGHT: would the kid look more like Damian like he looks like Talia,so much so that Jon wouldn't recognize himself in them like Bruce did? God I'm throwing up😭😭

My HC is like in Invincible, even the tiniest bit of kryptonian DNA can make a very powerful person. So the kid definitely has powers from the start but Damian hopes the kid doesn’t.

But besides that I honestly think Damian would make a great father. My idea is that the child looks EXACTLY like him so it’s hard for anyone who doesn’t know to guess that it’s also Jon’s.

Damian considers the baby his, it’s got his DNA, it’s his kid and no one is taking them away. I’m not into the whole Damian ending up as Batman and I think if he had a child that child would take priority over EVERYTHING else, including hero business.

Jon is flighty and also Superman. Damian is worried he wouldn’t be there enough, that (like you said) the child would have a torn relationship with him. And what if they did break up? He’d have to give up his kid certain days of the week? What if Clark didn’t consider him a good enough parent and suddenly Damian is having to prove himself. So in his head him not telling Jon is justified.

And to his credit, he’s an excellent parent but it does make him guilty. It’s awful watching Jon go around oblivious to everything. And if you consider how Damian would have to lie it could wreck any romantic relationship because it could involve a third party (a woman Damian hooked up perhaps)

And yeah, Jon would totally freak the hell out because by time he knows the kid is old enough for it to matter. And suddenly the entire thing Damian was trying to avoided happens, his kid and their father have a giant space between them and it’s all his fault.

[fryingpan1234567]

canonically Jason and Tim have motorcycles, right? and B and Duke too but the other two are more well known I think

ANYWAYS what if everyone in the batfam had one tho? because. the potential.

Dick takes his off of roofs sometimes, but it’s built for it. before all his modifications, it was just a blue and black chrome Yamaha sports bike, nothing special. he added a Nightwing sticker on each side, a bunch of weapons (mostly electricity based), grappling hooks, Nightwing things. there’s even a sidecar for Haley.

Babs (before the wheelchair days) had a purple and yellow one that matched her suit perfectly. it sort of meant she couldn’t use it during the day, but occasionally she rode it to work with extensive concealing of the random dangerous gadgets. hers was also a Yamaha (same model ^^)

Jason canonically has a black shapeshifting one like some maccadams shit but it’s fine— it’s loud as shit, so he doesn’t really use it for patrol, but he loves it during the day. because it’s just black, it’s pretty easy to take it out for completely non-suspicious speeding law breaking joyrides. no harm done!

Cass has a jet black Ninja, and her reputation on the streets is about the same as the nightfury’s at the beginning of the first httyd. dark, deadly, and it’s even quiet in Gotham’s busy streets. watch your back for her.

Tim’s got the BATCYCLE it’s CANON. it’s also canon that it’s got a liquid-cooling engine and a Robin-themed paint job, but fuck that, I say it’s dark red and electric and he rides it to work. so sometimes (most of the time) he pulls up with ruffled clothes and helmet hair, which Conner nearly fainted at the first time he saw it, but we don’t talk about that. he doesn’t use it for patrol because Kon said he’d carry him everywhere if Tim gave him rides in exchange. on the bike. he has said on more than one occasion “wear the helmet, ride a biker” and Tim punches him really hard

Steph’s bike is purple, and the wheels do the hover-shift-glowy thing like in Mario Kart (also purple). she’s not scared of you or anyone; she will ride that shit to school and use it on patrol with the hovering and distracting color and everything. fight me.

in canon, Duke’s bike is electric with a bunch of lights and black and yellow and lowkey built like a tank. I kinda like it! I think it’s a fabulous bike for a fabulous man so therefore he gets to keep it I won’t be taking criticism

Damian gets a green and red and black electric Ninja, plus a helmet that he painted with feathers and paw prints n shit. Jon likes the spare, which is just black but has a red mohawk. what more could you want? he could fly everywhere, but he also could just have his badass motorcycle bf drive him everywhere while he wears his dope ass helmet and vibes to whatever 2000s pop shit Damian lets him play. he’s a professional backpack.

did you think I’d stop at the Batkids? sorry imma keep going

I like the idea of Brucie having a black sports bike that’s 90% modifications like in the movie. no one remembers what it was before he took it all apart and added Bat-stuff, but it looks great now! it’s blown up more times than you can count, just because it’s a really good target for rogues.

Kate has one that’s almost exactly the same, except hers is maybe a little closer to what it was originally. she doesn’t quite have all the same stuff Bruce does, but they’re the same vibe!

anyways that’s the vigilante weirdos club, so like it’s expected that they’d all have a dangerous vehicle. slightly less expected— Alfred freaking Pennyworth has a Harley with tall handles and sparkly black paint, but nobody knew that for such a long time because he barely leaves the manor. all the kids lost their minds when they found out. what can I say

anyways some Bat-bike shenanigans that have ensued:

street races between all the Batkids at least once a week, whether that be on patrol or in civvy clothes

Jason obnoxiously revving really loud whenever he sees one of them in the street, on a date, when he’s picking them up from something, just as often as possible. obnoxious revving. old people hate him

cool lesbian aunt Kate picking up kids from school with her badass bike and epic helmet

sometimes Dick will be talking about “his child” or “his baby” and no one’s sure if he’s talking about his dog or his bike

bike-related thirst traps on social media

“race you to the next light”

not a single one of them has left a Gotham speeding law intact even once (not even Alfred, although he won’t admit it)

Wally likes to get Dick to race him on his bike even though he knows he’s going to win

both Jon and Conner have said something along the lines of “I bet I could pick up the bike with you on it” as a show-off attempt, but Damian and Tim love their paint jobs too much to permit them to try

Batfam on bikes❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[thetombedspirit]

Jurassic World: Camp Fam - Next Generation

I was board, so I made a next gen for the Nublar Six, based on my personal headcanons and ships so if you don't like Benrius and Kenlynn, then please don't come at me. This is all just in good fun.

Enjoy!

Emily Bowman (Benrius)

Emily was nine-years old when her parents were unfortunately killed in a freak dinosaur attack, leaving her orphaned. Darius and Ben responded to the call and took her into their care. She stayed with them for a little while whilst Social Services began sorting out her situation, wherein during that time, Emily gotten to get to know Darius and Ben and what they do; how they locate dinosaurs, care for them, and ship them off to private island habitats funded by Dr Mae Turner and Mantah Corp, now under Kenji’s full jurisdiction. She even began to conquer her fear after making friends with a Maiasaura she named Ursa.

She was eventually put into a foster home, but the conditions were poor, so she decided to run away and return to the Sanctuary, via stealing the mum’s credit card to book a plane ticket.

Darius and Ben were shocked to see Emily and horrified to hear about the living conditions. After sending her to bed, they had a long talk about how they had once talked about adopting and raising a family, agreeing they both adored Emily and didn’t want her to go. So they gave Emily the good news the next morning that they would adopt her into the family and she said yes.

Fun Fact: Ursa the Maiasaura is a direct nod to concept dinosaurs that would eventually become Bumpy, as Maiasaura was one of the many plausible candidates.

2. Julia and Xavier Kon (Kenlynn)

Despite their ups and downs, concerning Brooklynn’s line of work and Kenji's inheritance of Manta Corp, Brooklynn tries extra hard to live in the moment and not take her time with her family and friends for granted and Kenji works hard to ensure that the Kon family name is redeemed through his work. Regardless of their hardships, they work well together and support each other through their struggles.

Julia Kon is the more extraverted of the duo. She takes after her father, enjoys skating, archery and isn’t afraid to get her hands dirty, preferring physical activities to staying coped up indoors all day. Her brother Xavier is more closed off then his sister. Younger by two years, he prefers technology and hacking to climbing and being outdoors.

Despite their differences, two things they have in common is their love for their family and their association with dinosaurs. Namely the herd of Parasaurolophus living by their father’s climbing camp. Every month, Kenji would take the family camping at the cliffs and the kids would play with the baby Parasaurolophuses. One in particular took a real shine to the children; Brooklynn affectionately named her Nightlight, due to how Xavier would snuggle her tightly due to his fear of the dark when they went camping.

Fun Fact: Julia and Xavier are named after Brooklynn and Kenji's original concepts for Camp Cretaceous, Jules and Xi respectively. Also, Kenji and Ben used to have different roles, with Ben being the strong, athletic character while Kenji (at this point in time, Xi) was the shy, nerdy type. They since swapped roles, with Ben becoming the shy one and Xi taking the role of the rich kid and was renamed Kenji.

3. Katie Gutierrez-Fadoula (Yasammy)

When Sammy and Yaz got married and talked about starting a family, they realized there were some complications: Sammy's encounter with the Scorpios Rex damaged her reproductive organs and left her unable to carry a child to term, and Yaz was uncomfortable with the idea of ordering a doner. So in the end, they agreed to adopt.

Katie loves her moms and her life at the ranch. She enjoys spending time with Angel and Rebel, who they were able to rescue and keep on the ranch (best cattle dogs Sammy ever had), tending to the cows, chickens and the stray Pachycephalosaurus that had been hanging around the ranch lately, who she has named Bonehead. She came out to her mums as trans when she was 13 and they wholeheartedly support her through her transition.

Fun Fact: Katie is a sorta merge of Sammy and Yaz's concepts. Sammy was originally meant to be male and Yaz's name was originally Katie.

Anyway, those are my versions of the next generation of Camp Fam. I hope you like them and again, this is just all in good fun; I'm not trying to start any shipping wars.

Take care peoples.

[suzukiblu]

WIP excerpt for lottie behind the cut; a pocketful of Kons. ( chrono || non-chrono )

“Uh,” Tim says, staring at the Batcomputer’s main monitor and trying not to look freaked out. “Is that . . . ?” 

Stud scowls at the monitor and the picture of the man wearing a red cape and . . . most of Superman’s face displayed on it. 

Well. Some of Superman’s face, anyway. 

“No one knows who he is,” Bruce says. “He appeared three hours ago in Metropolis claiming to be Superman.” 

“The costume doesn’t match,” Dick says, glancing at Stud. “And, you know, the cyborg parts definitely don’t match.” 

“Pockets reflect the self-image of their owners,” Bruce reminds him neutrally. “Assistive devices and prosthetics don’t always translate. Especially newer ones.” 

Red looks unimpressed. Dick grimaces a little. 

“I mean, if he is Superman, they would be pretty recent . . .” he says, then trails off with another grimace. 

“I guess,” Tim says, trying not to grimace himself. “But he doesn’t have Laney, does he?” 

“Or a Robin,” Dick puts in. 

“We don’t know when he last slept or if he might be concealing a Pocket somewhere,” Bruce says, looking back to the screen. “And either way, more minor incidents than being beaten to death have damaged Pockets’ connections to their origin points and soulmates.” 

Tim really, really hopes Stud came from Supergirl. Even if she accidentally dated Lex Luthor for a while or whatever. That is just way, way preferable a thing to deal with right now. He doesn’t know who this cyborg version of Superman is, but the guy gives him the creeps. Like–just something about him looks wrong. 

Maybe he’s just being an asshole with unconscious biases and it’s all the prosthetics and machinery throwing him off, he half-hopes. It might just be that. He could get over that. Adjust. Work on himself a little and figure it out. 

He’s never felt unsettled like this looking at Cyborg, though, and he’s seen him plenty of times. He and Dick work together all the time. 

So it’s kind of hard to blame the prosthetics and machinery, considering. 

“Okay, fair,” Dick allows, wincing a little. “You really think he could hide a Pocket, though? It’s not like you can get that far from them.” 

“He has at least two limbs that are fully or almost fully prosthetic and half his torso and head are metal, and we have no idea what’s actually contained in any of those parts,” Tim points out, scanning the accompanying footage on the opposite side of the screen of the man in action. “He could hide a Pocket in a compartment built into his body no problem. Especially, uh–a smaller one.” 

Superman never hid Laney before, just dressed her up in a simple little costume of her own, but if this is Superman . . . well, dying can change a lot of things. 

But if Lois Lane hasn’t reported Smallville returning to the Justice League . . . 

Then again, they don’t know when she last slept either. Pockets only turn up when their owners sleep, one way or the other, and all of human history hasn’t managed to catch one appearing. Cameras short out or blip or just don’t record anything, witnesses get distracted or drift off, and nothing ever gets figured out. 

And a Pocket his size would be . . . well. Not that hard to conceal, probably. 

Tim can’t imagine a Pocket of himself wouldn’t understand that request, if whoever this is or isn’t made it of him. He’s very intimately familiar with the need for secrets. 

If this is his soulmate, though . . . 

He really doesn’t know what to think of that idea. 

“Two-day go-bags,” Bruce orders shortly, never taking his eyes off the footage on the screen. “Reconvene in twenty.” 

Tim glances at Dick; Dick glances back at him. 

“On it,” they both say, and take off. 

Neither bothers asking where they’re going. 

Stud flies after Tim, grumbling to himself in Pocket-talk, but Tim knows as much about what he’s saying as he does about where they’re all about to end up. 

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Cassie stares down at her phone in confusion, and Cas peers at the screen from his seat on her shoulder. There’s a jerky, erratically-filmed livestream playing on it on her Twitter feed, and that’s . . . Superman? 

There’s footage of Superman on Twitter, she means. Live footage. He looks a little different–there’s black in his costume, and his hair is short and slicked back, and he’s wearing a visor–but he’s definitely Superman, big red cape and all. 

At least–she thinks he is. 

His face is kind of . . . 

There’s something . . . empty in his face. 

Cassie resists the weird urge to hide Cas from the sight of him, because–well, that’s him, isn’t it? That’s who he came from. The costume doesn’t exactly match, but it’s got black in it too, and they’ve both got the S-shield and cape. And . . . 

Well. It has to be him, doesn’t it? 

Who else could it be? 

The comments are all losing their minds about the footage, and Cassie feels uneasy watching it. The look on Superman’s face is just . . . it’s just really . . . 

She knew Superman was coming back, obviously. She’s got Cas, after all, so it’s not like it’s a surprise to see him. The only surprising thing is that Cas showed up before he did. 

So she doesn’t know why she feels . . . off, kind of, seeing Superman alive and well. She’d expect to be nervous or anxious, maybe, but not . . . 

She’s unsettled, she thinks. It’s–unsettled. 

Yeah. 

That’s . . . weird. 

Superman darts out of the camera’s view in a blur of speed, and Cassie hears something explode in the distance. Whoever’s recording shrieks, and so do a few people around them. 

Cas leans further over her shoulder with a frown. 

“Cassie?” a voice calls from downstairs, and Cassie instinctively bristles and tightens her grip on her phone. It’s her mom. “Diana’s back!” 

. . . fine. That’s–whatever. 

Fine.

[birdflashno1]

"Woah, you're like ninety percent scar." Jon murmurs, his warm hands pressed against the expanse of Damian's chest; observing his scars with big, curious eyes.

"Inaccurate." Damian scoffs, shaking his head exhaustedly. He knew Jon was trying to be at least somewhat sensitive about whatever came out of his barely filtered mind, Damian appreciated that.

The two were sitting in Jon's semi-new bedroom, Jon and his parents had moved to Metropolis almost a month ago, Jon had started going to this school called West-Reeve, Bruce had started sending Damian there too. Damian didn't like the shift from homeschool to real school, he didn't like constantly being in detention, he didn't like being picked on about the fact his only friend was a fourth grader, and said fourth grader was taller than him!

Okay, so, to summarise, Damian didn't like this new school.

Damian had been getting changed in the locker rooms for PE class one morning when a boy in his class had approached him, looking at him as if he wanted to flush him down the drain like on would do with a bug. Damian had to look up to see the bot, who was far, far taller than him. The boy had poked and prodded at the visible scar tissue on Damian's chest, looking at him like he was a sick freak. It scared Damian, really. He knew of course that he could kill this boy with barely any trouble if he wished, yet for some reason he was scared.

That brought them here, Jon softly touching the scar tissue on Damian's chest as if it was a wet piece of paper towel, as if his fingers would rip straight through if he wasn't gentle. Damian called it training, training to handle eyes, hands on what he considered the most vulnerable parts of him. He hated it.

Jon looked up at Damian every couple seconds, a silent question bounced between them. Jon had dealt with his own share of being picked on, though he supposed it may have been far milder than what Damian had been experiencing. Damian was Jon's friend, whether he liked it or not, and friends helped each other, even if that help was watching your friend get lost in thought as you prodded at their middle.

"Stop." Damian finally breathed out, blinking hard and letting out a deep, strained breath.

Jon simply nodded, pulling Damian's shirt back down and pulling the smaller boy into a hug.

Damian wasn't the biggest fan of physical affection, not many people in his family were—neither the Wayne's or Al Ghul's–but Jon was, and Damian begrudgingly put up with it. He shoved his face into Jonathan's shoulder, his hands settled on his thighs. He felt calm, he trusted Jon.

Jon didn't feel offended when the older boy didn't hug back, he knew Damian struggled with intimacy, and he would be there either way, helping him friend.

"What about Kon... Or Tim?" Jon suddenly asked, though when he pulled away and saw the confusion on Damian's face he felt the need to continue, "Well, Kon goes to our school... I mean, he doesn't always show up, but he's a senior, so I could totally ask him to talk to the bullies or something!"

"While I appreciate the sentiment, Kent, I am perfectly capable of defending myself, I was simply caught off guard." Damian scoffs, shaking his head.

"Whatever you say, man."

This was rushed, I have far better plans for a longer, proper fic for them.

[mamawasatesttube]

Reread Midnight Sun and I love that you write TimKon as competent characters.

My favorite fics are hurt/comfort but that genre of fic tends to “woobify” them into wet noodles, specifically Tim. You write him going through it without taking away that he is competent and doesn’t cry at every little thing.

Also your love for Kon is clear in the way you write him like the badass he is and thank you for carrying the Kon tag on your back. I hope you feel better soon! Sending well wishes <3

wahoo thank you for rereading!!! always the highest compliment ♥

and YEAH. i love hurt/comfort but i don't care for woobification or declawing or whatever - i want to read about competent characters genuinely trying their hardest and doing their best in insurmountably challenging situations, not about a wet pathetic paper bag who constantly makes bad decisions and isn't capable of doing anything on their own. (like, the occasional bad decisions and needing help are good! when it's all the character does i just kinda start hating the character.) so i hear you Loud And Clear!!!

tim especially is like. he's soooo... not any of the wet wooby Whatever The Fuck is going on in the tim drake tag. he's repressed as hell and really good at putting his feelings on the top shelf to deal with Later, whenever he's in a situation. frankly, writing midnight sun with the prompts "it's okay, they won't touch you again" and "i'm going to pick you up now, okay?" was actively a challenge, because i was like what the hell would actually make tim "repression" drake so panicked that kon would need to be that gentle with him???? and the answer of course was "being drugged and therefore unable to trust his body to do what his mind wants" because he's a control freak, but like... it takes special circumstances to freak him out, man.

and YESSS kon being badass and competent is very important to me. i am forever jumping up and down and yelling about sb94 #84 and #87-90 and just. aough. he's silly and goofy but also ttk goes hard as hell!!! and he gets knocked around when fighting superpowered opponents but against regular dudes with guns??? oh they are sooooooooo outclassed. (this is also inspired by the superman issue mentioned in the authors notes, where superman shows up in gotham and just fucking obliterates some guys. ruins their whole MONTH if not YEAR. really funny tho)

and wauhh thank you!!! i have yet another doctors appointment tomorrow so 💪 we shall persevere!!!

[tiger-in-the-flightdeck]

💔💛💚

💔: If you had to remove one major character from the series, who would you choose?

Joe fucking West. He makes my skin crawl for so many reasons -Not telling his daughter that her mother is alive, pushing his foster son to pursue a relationship with his foster sister, controlling his daughter's life in everything from what kind of career she could go into to whether or not she should know about Barry's identity to -again- encouraging a relationship between her and her foster brother.

💛: What is a popular ship you just can't get behind, and why?

I think I've mentioned this before, but Bruce/Selina. It doesn't make any sense to me. They don't seem to like each other at all, after the 'We're on opposite sides' thing is taken away. Bruce/Talia is another one, but it's actually even more confusing to me, but I'm not sure if it's considered popular.

💚: What does everyone else get wrong about your favorite character?

Okay, I couldn't narrow down my favourite character, so I'm gonna give you several!

Len- Any time he is written in a way that it isn't obvious that, at his core, he cares about people. Not just his Rogues, but regular citizens. Especially kids. This is a man who doesn't particular enjoy violence, but will fuck your shit up if you so much as scare a kid.

Harvey Dent- Harvey and Two-Face are two separate entities. While 'Face is the crime lord mob boss, Harvey himself is so fucking full of love and devotion and an intense desire to be good. And he fucking hates 'Face. They actually hate each other, but he fights him so hard. If you're writing a Harvey and I don't get the impression that he is the saddest man in the world, would do anything from Bruce or Batman, and that he wants to take care of Gotham, then you aren't writing Harvey, you're writing a dude with scars.

Jason Todd- Jason. Todd. Is. A. Dork. This is a boy who steals his brother's toys and whistles innocently. He grins and waves before blowing up a building with a rocket launcher. When waking up bare ass naked with a hot woman, he shuffles around covering his junk while nerding out over her spaceship. He gets bullied by the family dog. He Grrrs at people. He gets all sweet and doe eyed when he's drunk. Stop writing him as a dark grumbly edge lord! He is soft! He is dork! He is baby!

Conner Kent- If you aren't writing Kon as the saddest boy in the universe with identity and self worth issues bigger than all out doors, then you aren't writing Kon, you're just writing Some Guy. He is also not a dumb jock. He is a tiny (*glares at Johns' TT run*) little twink who collects Magic the Gathering cards, is a Trekkie, freaks out if he's going to miss his favourite show, and if he's going out as Conner instead of SB, he usually dresses quietly and in big frumpy clothes that conceal his body (someone let this baby explore his gender, goddammit).

Tim Drake- Don't waste my time if it isn't blatantly obvious that the Timmy you're writing isn't just one bad day away from snapping and raining hellfire and destruction across the land while he stands at the top of a pile of skulls laughing maniacally as the screams of the damned are echoing around him.

Tim Drake, 2.0- Don't waste my time if it isn't blatantly obvious that the Timmy you're writing wouldn't lose a fight with an arcade claw machine trying to show off for his boyfriend.

[tallochar]

You know what's a missed canon opportunity, for preNew52, that we didn't get a chance to go into because of when and how they cut us off?

Tim using all his cloning experience to make himself a new spleen and having Leslie transplant it in.

Because the problem Tim was running into was not making cloning work. It was making the specific cloning make up for Kon work in a way that resulted into an actual clone.

(Should have hunted down Match, took him down and took a few bags of his blood, Tim, but I suppose that was TOO far and the cloning creepy lab wasn't)

Tim figured out cloning well enough to be on his way to clone Kon, if failing because of the difficulty inherent in cloning a kryptonian with lex luthor specifically, so he should have been able to make himself a spleen no biggie.

I know people have the 'he got himself shot in Red Robin and it was in the stomach area or thereabouts!' excuse lined up for fics where they want Tim to stay spleenless and that's a good one and I love to see it.

I just would also d love to see a fic where someone finds out Tim lost his spleen and they freak out and it goes sort of like:

"Huh? Don't worry about it, I got a new one already in."

"Did ... did you bribe someone to get you at the top of the donor's list or something?" "What? No, of course not! That would be just plain evil. Who did you take me for? Luthor?" (yes, Tim is aware of the irony of this statement, Tim is making an in-joke with himself) "I am offended that you'd think that of me."

"But then how did you get --"

"I made one with cloning tech. What, like it's hard?"

brief pause

"No okay, fair, that tracks for you."

slightly longer pause / a little bit later

"Hey, wait, was that a Legally Blonde reference? Tim? Tim! Don't grapple away from me!"

[theskeptileptic]

Tim really didn’t like opening presents in front of people and before coming to the Waynes, it wasn’t like he had any practice. His birthday gifts had always been self-bought with his parents’ credit card and their family never celebrated the holidays as anything other than “gala season.” Mrs. Mac once bought him a Batman sticker book after a really bad flu one year, but that was unwrapped and placed on his pillow while he was throwing up in the guest bathroom.

The first wrapped present Tim ever got was from Dick on his first Christmas Eve after becoming Robin. He was changing in the locker room and planning on walking back to Drake Manor to slip into sweatpants and binge old episodes of Star Trek. Bruce had given him a rare “good job” that night and he was practically glowing. After his shower, he grabbed his bag from his locker when a small, wrapped box fell to the ground. Dick came bounding around the corner right as Tim read the label (to: Timbo, from: D) and Tim smiled awkwardly as Dick urged him to open it.

“Go ahead, you’re looking at it like it’s a bomb.” Dick bounced on his toes.

“I, uh, didn’t get anything for you,” Tim lied because he had actually bought something four months ago but was planning on hiding it in Dick’s car so he’d only find it once back in Bludhaven. Tim learned his lesson on not giving gifts to grownups where they’d feel obligated to say something polite—his parents told him many times that his hovering was rude.

Tim opened the box gingerly, folding the wrapping paper meticulously and setting it inside his locker. Inside, was a gift card to a skate shop and a small Dr. Who keychain. It was the most thoughtful gift Tim had ever received in his fifteen years and he, embarrassedly, could feel his throat get tight.

“I hope it’s the right store?” Dick’s voice startled him and he quickly cleared his throat.

“Thank—uh—thank you. It’s perfect. I need to go home now but yeah. Thanks.” He said lamely. Dick’s smile looked a little tight around the edges but it was still genuine. “You sure you don’t want to stay for dinner?” But Tim was already out the door with a “thanks for asking but I have plans” because he was capital-F freaking out. Social niceties had never translated to social suaveness for Tim, and he had no idea what to do with the awkward space between receiving and acknowledging a gift.

The next time Tim received a wrapped present was his sixteenth birthday, from Bruce, and it ended up being a mind-bending adventure in deception and lifelong trust issues, which, regardless of whatever his mentor’s intention, didn’t really endear him to the tradition of gift-giving. So much so that Kon, Bart, and Cassie wrote wrapped presents?? on their list of Rob’s Triggers saved to their team’s hard drive. The team always managed to gift each other experiences anyway. When they weren’t, you know, dead.

Tim was gone during the holidays for his Bruce-quest, and the only wrapped gift he received that time was from Ra’s—which, better left unsaid, really—and when he returned, he was seventeen, and completely, utterly done with surprises.

So when he found himself on the top of Wayne Enterprises Christmas night, he was reasonably suspicious of the large box wrapped in green and tied with a gold ribbon.

To: Timbo, From: D

He hadn’t talked with Dick for over a month, and watching his brother emerge from the shadows with his hands up did nothing to calm his anxiety.

“Still not a bomb.” Nightwing said softly.

Tim watched the Christmas lights twinkle across the city, steadfastly ignoring the man behind him.

“It’s been awhile, baby bird.” Tim wanted to scoff but it alarmingly sounded more like a sob.

He didn’t startle when Dick’s hand landed on his shoulder, nor when he was pulled into a strong, yet gentle hug.

“I missed you,” his brother murmured into his hair.

“Yeah.” Tim said, which was enough.

After a moment, they pulled away, and Dick walked over to the gift. “Let’s do it together?” Tim nodded and they unwrapped the box, folding up the paper and laying it neatly on the ground.

A beat passed. Tim stared. Dick stared back.

“It’s been awhile, kiddo. Let’s raise some hell, huh. First one downstairs pays for dinner.”

(And if Bruce Wayne woke up to news that his offices had been toilet papered and completely covered in gingerbread scented shaving cream, that was nobody’s business but the two vigilantes eating reconciliation pancakes at 10 AM the next day.)

[kurowdayo]

Kemono Jihen Chapter 96: Summary + Page-by-Page Translation

Translated by me and proofread by @stinkigami

Last chapter of 2024! Merry Christmas to those who celebrate and a Happy New Year, Kemoji-Community

Chapter 96: As a Human

Summary

Kabane, Shiki, Iyo, Aya and Thin review the intel that Yui sent, specifically the vaccine that breaks down mamono cells. Iyo suggests selecting a small but elite team to break into the Ibaraki Research Facility run by Mikage where they hope to steal more materials.

Too many people volunteer and Shiki objects. Flashback of him talking to Akagi. Shiki asks him if the Ibaraki-Lab was the place where Akagi was turned into a Mamono. Akagi won’t help him out until Kaede is pardoned which annoys Shiki. Eventually, Akagi gives him one piece of advice.

Kabane, Shiki, Kon and Urabe are in a van to Tsukuba City where the lab js. Over com, Mayo suggests pretending to deliver materials for the facility to blend in and get on the premises while Kabane seems relieved that Urabe is doing well. He also picks up on what Mayo said last time and asks Shiki what “cucking” is.

Kon is convinced that something about Urabe has changed, as he smells different now. Urabe forces Mayo to reveal that his usual procedure of hacking the entire security system failed and all he managed was to get the map of the premises. Shiki complains that Mayo’s only redeeming quality is his IT skills.

Back to the flashback with Akagi where he supposes that the team members will be picked according to their skills of avoiding combat. He disagrees though and suggests taking Kaede with them.

The van gets attacked by several Mamono of a spider/ape mix and they blow up the vehicle. Kotaro and Mayo who watch everything over cam from the base deduce that the various Mamono are the new security system and Mayo freaks out because he can’t hack living things. The attacker could identify the intruders because they did not smell like fox-weed.

They make it into the building and Urabe suggests splitting up 3 to 1, he wants to go solo. The others object and, in the end, Kabane and Shiki go to the east wing, Urabe and Kon to the west wing. A security announcement announces that there are intruders on the premises.

Kon and Urabe want to search the 12 storage rooms on their side but find another Spider/Ape Mamono looking for them and Urabe quickly stabs it in the head. Kon asks if it's ok to just leave the corpse, as it might alarm others. Urabe asks if it will change anything and Kon answers that the stench of blood is so strong that it might cover for the lack of fox weed stench from which the Mamono find the intruders.

Still, Kon isn’t happy with Urabe because he smells like a bloodthirsty beast now and humans shouldn’t act like wild animals. She walks in front and tells him to stay behind. Urabe agrees but tells her, he will shoot anything that gets closer than 8 meters to him. He says there’s nothing wrong with him. He is just doing what he, as a human, should do.

Meanwhile, Kabane and Shiki make their way through their side of the facility. Shiki still wonders about Urabe’s change that Kon mentioned. Shiki also tells Kabane that, in the 3 years Kabane has been away, he “did something” a new technique and that Kabene better not freezes with envy once he sees it.

They encounter another Mamono Guard but before it sees them, Shiki uses said technique Hardening Thread: Poison Needle and knocks it out. Kabane asks if it’s dead and Shiki says jt woul be had he used any more poison. While Kabane was away, Shiki had Dr. Thin implant a poison sack in his body which was really hard to adjust to but now he can use poison.

More guards arrive, Shiki fights them off while Kabane tries getting through a door which is, in fact, another Mamono, an Ape/Door hybrid. He politely asks the Doormomo if it’d let him through but it won’t. Instead, it tells them to go look for what they search in Mikage’s room in the main building. If something got stolen from there, Mikage would be to blame which the apes/ape-mamono approve of because they all hate weak people therefore they all hate Mikage. If Kabane and the others are at it, they can kill Mikage as well. When an outsider does it, the apes won’ receive any blame.

Mayo relays the new plan to Urabe and Kon but suddenly another person arrives. Meanwhile, the door tells Kabane that Inari and Mikage also prioritize turning Humans into Mamono which is blasphemy to them because humans don’t deserve the powers that come with it.

The person who approached Urabe and Kon is Kanetake Sakata, a former Kyoto Police Investigator who was caught by Inari years ago. Kotaro’s older brother. He chats with Urabe as if nothing was wrong and Kotaro yells at Urabe to shoot him immediately. Urabe doesn’t and Kanetake transforms into a mamono similar to the one Mei turned into and attacks. Urabe is saved by Kon and starts breaking down because, as a human, he can’t possibly shoot an old friend of his

END

Page by Page Translation

Page 1

Kabane, Aya and Thin (over tablet) are seen looking at the Mamono-Vaccines

Aya: This is… the Mamomo-Cell destroying vaccine…

Thin: I really want the virus as well.

Aya: If we can replicate this (vaccine), we’ll be able to fight on even terms.

Iyo: Now, let’s select who’s going to head to Ibaraki-Research Facility. With a purpose to obtain these materials, a small but elite team would be best.

Page 2

Kon: Kon will go!

Kabane: I wanna go too!

Mukuro: Me too, me too.

Shinjou-Kemono: Me too!

Shiki: That’s not an elite few.

Kabane: Then, let Shiki choose/Let’s leave it (choosing the party members) to Shiki

Primula (the Plankton Kemono): Huh? Can we really trust this guy with something so important?

Shiki: Hearing that from plankton, huh? Well, in my case…

Flashback of Shiki and Akagi

Shiki: Akagi. Was it Mikage’s Research Facility where you got turned into a Mamono?

Akagi: If so, then what?

Shiki: Well…I thought to ask you for any help in case you knew what’s the place like

Page 3

Akagi: Then, in return, I’d like Kaede to be pardoned.

Shiki: Don’t get ahead of yourself!

Akagi: Well, this story is over then.

Shiki: Hey! If you really want others to think better of you/improve your standing, you gotta start by fixing your attitude!

Akagi: So… I’ll give you just one piece of advice.

Page 4

Shiki/Kabane/Kon in a car towards Tsukuba Research Facility with Urabe driving.

Mayo over com: A large variety of creatures are regularly transported to the Tsukuba Mamono Research Institute as materials for mamonofication. First, you need to blend in to get to the premises

Shiki: Understood (roger).

Kabane: I’m glad Urabe-san is doing well.

Shiki: Is it okay to say well… ?

Kabane: By the way, what is cucking? (My sweet pure boi, never change)

Mayo: Just forget what I said, alright!?

Page 5

Kon: Kon also doesn’t think Urabe is okay. His smell is different from before.

Mayo: It's alright, Urabe is at his best when working.

Urabe: Mayo-kun…isn’t there anything you are forgetting to tell?

Mayo: Ehh? What do you mean? That I had a butter toast breakfast without toast?

Urabe: Be serious!

Mayo: (clears throat) Weeeell…this time, the good old Tsunamayo-style hacking the security system stuff….didn’t go as planned

Shiki: Eh!? Why?

Page 6

Kabane: I didn’t really hear that. Can you say it again?

Mayo: Uhh… Ugh

Shiki: What does that mean? Your IT-skills are literally your only redeeming quality! (Literally: Without your IT skills, you’re nothing but faults)

Mayo: Huuuuh!? My existence is perfect, a 100 outta 100 but I cannot hack things that aren’t there.

Kabane: “Aren’t there?”

Mayo: Seriously, there was no security! How's that possible!? This is a highly classified facility! I did get the maps though, I’ll send them to you.

The group arrives

Urabe: No confirmation?

Page 7

Akagi (flashback): You guys are probably going into this…

Kon: There is something.

Kabane: Eh?

Akagi: (continued) You guys are probably going into this…with the sole goal of ‘gathering materials for the vaccine creation’ and so will choose only a few capable members, hoping to avoid any confrontation/combat.

However….if it were me, I’d take Kaede over there

Kon: (back in real-time) Here they come!

Page 8

The van gets attacked by Spider-Ape Mamono

Spooder-Monke Mamono: INTRUDERS! INTRUDERS!! (One of them shoots a laser beam out of their single cyclops eye and fries the van)

Page 9

Kabane: Bugs!?

Shiki: No… Those are Shoujou/Ape-Mamono!

Kotaro: (next to Mayo) I see, if the security systems are “living beings” then they certainly can’t be hacked.

Mayo: Nooo! If this becomes standard security, I’ll be outta business. I’m against it! Against it!! (or maybe) Objection! Objection!!

Spooder-Monkes: Stinky, stinky! They don’t reek of coma (fox-weed)! Eliminate! Eliminate!

One of the Mamomos’ heads explodes. Urabe is shooting

Page 10

Urabe: According to Mayo-kun’s map, there are symmetrical side-buildings/annexes to the east and west of the main building. We’ll split up, search for the virus and then meet up again at the main building.

Kabane: Got it.

Shiki: No… alright… alright but gimme a moment to calm down from that just now

Smaller text: Holy—!! He just one-shotted them!?

Urabe: Well then… (he just turns around and wants to leave, lol)

Shiki: Wait! Wait! You wanna split up 3 to 1!?

Kon: Kon will go with Urabe! I can’t let you go solo!

Can I?

Kabane: Yeah.

Shiki: But why all of a sudden?

Kon: Not sudden, Urabe’s smell has been strange this whole time.

Mayo: (still over com) Agreed, agreed.

Urabe: Mayo-kun…

Mayo: Rejected. Follow the operator’s instructions.

Urabe: Well then, I’ll leave the East side to you (Kabane/Shiki).

Shiki: Roger that.

Page 11

Security System Announcement: New arrivals (Intruders) on the premises! New arrivals (Intruders) on the premises! Workers, remain where you are and continue with your work. Repeat (cuts off)

Spooder-Monke: (patrolling a hallway) I’ll protect the door, I’ll be good (written in awful looking kana, omg that was painful)

—>Then it gets stabbed in the head by Urabe.

Page 12

Urabe: There are 12 storages in the west wing. Let’s take them one by one.

Kon: Is it okay to just leave the corpse here?

Urabe: Will hiding it change anything?

Kon: They were saying something about the smell of fox weed. It seems that’s how they can tell intruders and incoming material apart.

The smell of blood is so strong… so strong, it’s hard to smell anything. In our situation it’s best to just leave it here.

Urabe: Alright.

Page 13

Kon:

It’s not! Urabe, you’re acting different…You are a human. Humans shouldn’t act like wild animals!

I finally realized what this strange smell is…. You smell like a bloodthirsty beast.

Page 14

Kon: Kon will fight off the enemies. Just follow me. (lit. Kon makes the road safer)

Urabe: …8 meters

Kon: Eh?

Urabe: I’ll follow 8 meters behind you. I’ll kill any mamono that you skip within that distance.

Page 15

Urabe: Why are you surprised? I’m not wrong. I’m only doing what I should as a human. (Title drop ehehe)

Switch to Kabane/Shiki

Shiki: Strange smell, huh? Yeah, when it comes to nose and instincts, she’s really good at it.

Kabane: I had no idea there was something wrong with Urabe-san.

Page 16

Shiki: More importantly! Did you learn anything while you were gone?

Kabane: What’s anything?

Shiki: A new technique! Oh sorry. You were unconscious, right…

Kabane: Did you learn ‘anything’?

Shiki: Of course, it’s been 3 years… oh, there’s a guy guarding the door. Now watch this and try not to freeze in envy of my skill. (Derived from lit. Put your fingers in your mouth, an idiom meaning “unable to do anything in envy of someone else’s skills” thx Messy) (He produces a knife like protrusion with his threads)

Kabane: Hardening threads?

Shiki: Not just that! (apparently からの~ in that context is a reply to something with an arrogant connotation meaning “so what?” or “just it/that?” so I tried to change it to fit to Kabane’s statement)

Page 17

Technique Introduction Speech bubble: Hardening Thread: Poison Needle (lit. poison kunai)

Said poison needle is thrown in the head of the spooder-ape guarding the door, it immediately collapses.

Kabane: Is it dead?

Shiki: Nah, but it’s enough to knock it out. Some more and it would’ve died though. It’s poison! Poison! I was bored when you were gone, so I asked Dr. Thin to put a poison sack in my body. It took a while to get used to it though (images of Shiki barfing and lying in a hospital bed with an oxygen mask)

Page 18

Kabane: (he literally had his fingers in his mouth because he didn’t understand the idiom *please refer to page 16) More incoming!

Shiki: I’ll clean up here. You go and search the room.

Kabane: Got it. (He goes to the door and tries opening it)

It won’t open? Eh!? (The door is another Ape-Mamono, a Monke-Door)

Monke-Door: Hehee, I’m locked. I don’t know you, you’re not getting through.

Page 19

Kabane: Nice to meet you, my name is Kabane. Can you please give me the Mamono Virus?

Monke-Door: Hm? I don’t know you. Hm, you sure have got manners, but you still won’t get in by being polite. If there’s something you want, go to Mikage’s room. It has a normal door.

Kabane: Mikage’s room?

Monke-Door: At the very back of the main building. If anything gets stolen from there, it’ll be his fault. He’s away right now so he deserves it.

Kabane: He’s away? Mr. Door, do you not like Mikage?

Monke-Door: There is no Ape who does. We hate weak guys like him the most.

Page 20

Monke-Door: Plus, he’s been prioritizing Inari’s orders recently.

Kabane: Inari’s orders…?

Monke-Door: That’s right. And while you’re at it, kill him/it if possible. If we say an outsider did it, it won’t be our fault. He/it should be wandering around here.

(switch to Kon battling several Spooder-Monkes and only knocking them away)

Page 21

(Urabe-support from behind with his handgun, one-shotting everything that gets within his 8 meters)

Kon: D- dang it. Hey! (to the other spooder-monkes) If you don’t want that happening to you, don’t go anywhere behind Kon!

Spooder-Monkes: The hell is this intruder saying. Is she stupid?

Mayo: Good news! Everyone head back to the main building!

Urabe: The main building?

Page 22

Mayo: Apparently, Mikage’s room is over there. There’s a high possibility that he keeps important documents there. Let’s just steal it and get out.

Kon: G… Got it. Heard that, Urabe? Let’s head back.

(Urabe spots something approaching)

Kon: Urabe? Oi, what’s wrong

(back to Kabane chatting with Monke-Door)

Kabane: What is Inari’s order?

Monke-Door: It’s “humans”!

Page 23

Monke-Door: (while the scene switches back to Urabe and the “someone” approaching him) Inari wants to turn humans rather than kemono into mamono. Wasting such technologies on humans and making them powerful…is unforgivable!

Both Mikage and Inari are enemies of Kaidou-sama!

(The person approaching is Kanetake Sakata, Kotaro’s older brother and the special investigator the Kyoto Police Department lost to Inari’s seduction powers over 3 years ago.)

Kanetake: Urabe!? Uwaah, it’s been a while! Why are you here?

Page 24

Kon: Eh? You know him!?

Mayo: Kotaro… That’s…

Kotaro: Shoot. Urabe, please shoot.

Kanetake: You don’t have to answer. Hehe, I’m so happy to see you again.

Kotaro: SHOOT!!

Page 25

(Kanetake suddenly transforms into the mamono form which Mei Minamoto was already seen as. The worm like thing with the sucking appendage. He attacks and Urabe is only saved by Kon kicking Kanetake out of the way)

Kon: Oi, what’s with this one!? Is it friend or foe!?

Page 26

Urabe: (Urabe mental breakdown)

He is our comrade

Stop with this ‘shoot him! shoot him!’ nonsense…As a human…how could I ever kill my friend!! (Second title drop ehehehe)

End

[erinwantstowrite]

Okok fr questions because I’m obsessed with Tim figure skater AU

Because the bats aren’t aware of tim being the one behind his vigilante mask, how are his relationships with them out of the suits? Do they interact often or on spare few occasions? (I see the happy birthday Bruce message and think they don’t talk *too* often? idk)

ALSO JANET AND TIMS SIGNATURES… them being so similar has me rocking back and forth crying (interpret as you will)

AHHHHH I LOVE FIGURE SKATING TIM AUUUUUU

be prepared i am about to YAP cause i love this au sm and now i gotta talk about it LFMAO

So far, the backstory is that Jay ended up not dying and was just extremely injured after the Joker incident. When he got back on his feet again, he joined a hockey team to make more friends outside of the hero community. Cass wanted to try figure skating and they start going to a rink in Gotham, and that's where they met Steph, who is "not" a vigilante. (She is, but more on that in a sec.)

While there, they start to hear more about "Tim" who comes by sometimes and is Steph's friend (they met when they were much younger and they are besties), and they end up connecting that the Tim they're talking about is "that famous figure skater from Bristol" that's always in the news. Cassie is a huge fan of Tim's, and she freaks out when she hears from Jason and Cass that this rink is one that Tim frequents. That's why she ends up dragging Bart and Kon to the rink to see Jason's practices or to hang out with Cass- so she can meet Tim.

However, it's sort of a well kept secret that Tim and his rink friends have. He's not supposed to go there anymore, because he has a private rink. Janet lived, but Jack went into his coma still. He eventually woke up and while Jack is recovering, he finds out they moved back to Bristol full time and there's no more travelling. In turn, they spend more time with Tim, but it's also a strain on their relationships. Jack gets on Tim's case about school, and Janet becomes Tim's manager and pressures him about skating. So Tim doesn't get to visit the rink as often anymore because of his workload. Like, he's in the gym 24/7, does his schoolwork online (he's grades ahead), doesn't ever get a break. Meanwhile, Jack and Janet are always fighting and sort of using Tim as an outlet/weapon against the other.

Buuuuuut, when he does visit, he meets Jason, Cass, Cassie, Bart, and Kon through the connection with Steph and other unnamed rink friends. They start getting to know Tim through the times that he's at the rink, and Steph, who is Janet's #1 hater and an instigator at heart, starts pushing for the vigilantes to look more into Tim's life and befriend him.

The dynamics at play are super funny because Steph and Tim are a vigilante. "A" vigilante, as in sharing the same identity. Tim doesn't have the time in his schedule to go out there, so Steph takes up that part of the role and they share this identity together- Steph taking out the bad guys as "Bird Watcher" and Tim doing the computer/tech work as "The Ornithologist". They're both detectives in their own right and work so well together that it's incredibly hard to distinguish that they aren't one person. They both know that the Bats are the Bats, but the Bats are unaware that these two are the same vigilante they've been trying to figure out for years now.

The rest of the family meets Tim through Jason's hockey stuff, away from Janet and just who he is as an individual. And then they see his figure skating side and the dynamic he has with Janet when Cass enters the same competitions as Tim. (This is my world and they compete against each other.) Obviously, Bruce sees this black haired, blue eyed kid who has parents that treat him like shit and goes "Another one, thank you!" So Tim ends up getting closer to them that way and Steph (again, Janet's #1 hater and looking for members for her club) is having the time of her life causing chaos on the side.

There is... a "tiny" little detail that I won't share yet, cause I truly do want to write this au at some point, and it's way more fun to see people react in real time to it. (I have SOOOO many Tim aus it's not even funny. Blame alighterwood for that.)

Also YESS Tim and Janet are so alike but so completely different it makes me CRAZY

[captainkirkk]

✩ WEEKLY FIC ROUND-UP ✩

All the fics I’ve read and enjoyed recently. Reminder: This list features any and all ratings and themes.

DC

straight on 'til morning by merils

Kon hasn't been a kid in a long time - he's not stuck at sixteen anymore, and he hasn't been for years; he's twenty-three and living his best life. But the past has funny ways of coming back to haunt everyone when they least expect it, and there's no predicting the storm on the horizon for him.

It starts simply, as do most things. Jon turns sixteen.

Jon turns sixteen, and Kon suddenly realizes that if anyone were to treat him the way he was treated at sixteen, he'd tear the world apart.

The revelations, unfortunately, don't stop there.

Clone Wars

A Light in the Dark by glimmerglanger

Sometimes, it seemed Obi-Wan only saw other people across the field of battle.

The only reliable source of contact he had with other living beings - for the past year - had been during a fight. And he had not been able to enjoy such contact, had not been able to sink into the Force and refill his reserves, because all of the men he fought were trying so desperately to kill him and all the people he was trying so hard to protect.

OR, the one where Obi-Wan serves the Republic, Cody serves the Separatists, and they find a way forward anyway.

Star Wars

Sunburst by ShyOwl

When Luke drifted off into the Force after he faced off against Kylo Ren, he thought perhaps, finally, he was done with suffering and loneliness and so much loss. Instead, he wakes up in the body of his eight-year-old self with a haunting whisper vibrating in his memory:

One more chance, little sun, you deserve one more chance.

Shadowhunters

and i will be your shade by beatperfume (+ podfic)

Alec Lightwood grew up in the New York Institute; it's his home. He loves it.

The Institute loves him back.

The Difference In A Kiss by sobsicles

"You all have to kiss me.”

Simon looks a little terrified when he announces this to the group, his hands fluttering around as he shifts in place. Everyone is gathered on Magnus’ large leather couch, squished together while Simon stands on the other side of the small coffee table, like he's scared one of them is going to launch across and attack him.

Or: When Simon gets put under a spell that will kill him if he doesn't kiss everyone he loves, Alec has no idea why he's even involved, or what he's done to the universe that lands him in this situation. He is not amused.

But he ends up a little surprised by what unfolds when magic forces everyone's hand.

Stranger Things

Why The Hell Not? by Katyakora (+ podfic)

"Did I really just witness the Hair himself flirting? With you? Right in front of my register?!" Jeff's voice rose by an octave with each question. Eddie would be impressed by his range if he wasn't freaking the fuck out.

Or: How to get your dumbass best friend a boyfriend, a guide by Robin and Jeff

The Nightly Stroll by RurouniHime (+ podfic)

It takes him a second, and then he snaps his fingers. Steve’s car. Steve Harrington is parked out here in the dark by the railroad tracks for some—

“Ah,” Jim breathes out as he takes in the fogged windows. All three of the ones he can see, and he’s willing to bet the other three are as well. The backseat passenger side is so far gone that rivulets have begun to slip down, carving darkness through misty gray. Considering the volume the music has to be at to be heard through the rolled-up windows, it’s a wonder the car isn’t vibrating all on its own.

Except, the taillights aren’t just reflecting, they’re glinting, like eyes winking. The car is rocking just a smidge, little jumps and squeaks on its suspension. Jim would have to have been a much more well-behaved kid than he had been not to recognize that particular cadence. “Shit, Harrington."